Is it permissible for us to perform the prayer in the schoolyard?

Question:
I work as an employee at one of the private schools, so we perform the Zuhr prayer in the schoolyard with the students, because there are some lessons after the prayer. Is it permissible for us to perform the prayer in the schoolyard?

Answer:
It is obligatory for the owners of the schools to pray with the people in the mosques. It is the students who should learn and practice congregational prayer. It is obligatory for all of them to pray in the mosques if they are near them and they can hear the adhan. This is obligatory.
This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): on a lamp except for an excuse. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the excuse? He said: Fear, or even illness. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): their faces. He did not say they do not pray in congregation. He said: They do not attend the prayer with the congregation in the mosques, and their faces will be burned. Mas'ud says: I have seen us, and none lagged behind it except a known hypocrite or a sick person. It is obligatory to have the students pass through the prayer in the mosques. They should watch them, leave them, and monitor them until they perform the congregation and then return. The lessons should be after that. Either the lessons are brought forward before the adhan, or a period of half an hour is set aside for prayer so they return to the honor. They go to pray when the adhan is called, and then they return to the remaining lesson.
It is obligatory for the Ministry of Education and others, for all teachers along with the students, to pray with the congregation until they respond to the caller and realize what Allah intended for the congregation of Muslims, and so that it does not become a cause for lagging behind and opening the door to evil. And Allah is the One to be sought for help.